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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎63v] (131/706)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (349 folios). It was created in 1914. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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CHALD—CHALU
114
The Chaldoeans, who inhabit the mountain slope facing the lake, are subject
to Persia, and are said to be in a flourishing condition, thanks to a fertile
soil abundantly irrigated from the surrounding mountains. _
Beyond the Turkish frontier the Chaldsean mountains_ extend m great
rugged masses, foimingthe basin of the sources of the Great Zab, and inhabited
by wild tribes, which even now are only nominally subjected to Persian rule.
The Chaldee an population is Christian in Turkish as well as m Persian
territory and is described, though erroneously, as a Nestorian sect ; hence the
Chaldseans are generally designated as Nestorians, especially in Persia.
There has been much controversy concerning the orig n of the Chaldsean
tribe ; some trace its origin to the Ten Tribes of Israel which disappeared
after the Babylonian captivity, whilst others regard them as the descendants
of the ancient Assyrians. , . , ^ ^
Gerard says that he was informed, when m that country, that zinc, lead,
and silver exist unworkod in the Chakbran mountains, and that oil springs
are also found there, which are actually kept on fire by the villagers to
prevent their overflow tainting the streams.—(T Uelmann ; Gerard.)
CHALDARAN. See QALDARAN—
CHALD ARAN CHAMAN. See QALDARAN.
A plain in Azarbaijan, a few miles from Kara Ameh, north of Khoi. It is
a favourite grazing ground of the Persians, and produces a great deal of hay..
— (Stuart.)
C3ALEH PUL—
A village in Mazandaran, 14 miles from Ashraf, on the road to Sari.—
(Na'pier.)
CHAL-I-KULEH— , I i
A spur of the hills which bound the Silakhur plain on the east, about 5
miles south of Buvn)iid.—(Schindler.)
CHALISlAH— Lat. 32° 52' 22 // ; Long. 51° 23' SO."
A small but prosperous village of 50 houses on the main pilgrim road to
Karbala, about 22 miles from Isfahan. Population 200, one kandt, 19,000
lbs. grain sown yearly. „ ,, , , , , ,. . ^ ,
The caravansarai is built out of blocks of a hard black stone, many of
which are 7 feet long by 1| feet thick, and is situated in the middle of a
wide shinglv plain, dotted with small shrubs, which support small and widely-
scattered flocks of sheep. This plain is nearly circular and about 40 miles
in diameter.— (Preece; Jones.)
CHALUCHEH—see CHULCHEH—
CHALUS—
A river in Mazandaran, crossed 19 miles west of ’ Aliabad, by the road from
Astra bad to Rasht, and forming the boundary between the district of Tanak-
*i U n and Kalar-rustaq. It is an inconsiderable stream, except m the sum-
a er . called Chilas by Shell. The village of the same name is situated on
the left bank of the river 2 miles from the Caspian.—(Eraser ; Holmes.)

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The item is Volume II of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1914 edition).

The volume comprises the north-western portion of Persia, bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north by the Russo-Persian frontier and Caspian Sea; on the east by a line joining Barfarush, Damghan, and Yazd; and on the south by a line joining Yazd, Isfahan, and Khanikin.

The gazetteer includes entries on human settlements (towns, villages, provinces, and districts); communications (roads, bridges, halting places, caravan camping places, springs, and cisterns); tribes and religious sects; and physical features (rivers, streams, valleys, mountains and passes). Entries include information on history, geography, climate, population, ethnography, resources, trade, and agriculture.

Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.

A Note (folio 4) makes reference to a map at the end of the volume; this is not present, but an identical map may be found in IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/1 (folio 636) and IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/2 (folio 491).

Printed at the Government of India Monotype Press, Simla, 1914.

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1 volume (349 folios)
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The volume contains a list of authorities (folio 6) and a glossary (folios 343-349).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 351; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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